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“THE  UNIVERSITY 

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PENNSYLVANIA” 


Founded  1740 


Philadelphia,  Pa,  July  15,  1922;  Volume  XXII, 
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“THE  UNIVERSITY 

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Founded  1740 


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"“The  University  of  Pennsylvania” 


The  oldest  institution  of  collegiate  grade  in  the  State 
of  Pennsylvania  is  the  University  which  bears  its  name.  It 
traces  its  beginning  to  the  year  1740,  and  was  instructing 
and  granting  degrees  in  Arts  and  in  Medicine,  before  the 
Province  of  Pennsylvania  had  arrived  at  Statehood;  indeed 
before  the  Republic  was  formed.  In  other  words,  the  Uni¬ 
versity  is  older  than  the  United  States.  It  has,  there¬ 
fore,  witnessed  the  development  of  every  form  of  education 
within  and  without  the  confines  of  the  State,  and  has 
enjoyed  a  large  share  in  these  movements. 

In  its  infancy  the  University  sent  teachers  into  the 
outlying  districts  of  the  Province,  who  taught  the  youth 
without  charge,  all  expenses  being  borne  by  the  parent 
institution  in  Philadelphia.  Further,  the  University  gave 
to  the  Colonies  the  College  Course,  extending  over  four 
years.  This  was  the  model  curriculum  for  and  was  adopted 
by  sister  institutions  in  Massachusetts,  Connecticut,  Vir¬ 
ginia,  New  York,  Rhode  Island  and  New  Jersey. 

The  University’s  Schools  of  Medicine  and  Law  are  the 
oldest  Schools  of  their  kind  connected  with  any  University  in 
the  country.  With  the  College,  these  two  great  funda¬ 
mental  departments  of  Medicine  and  Law  have  always 
held  high  rank  among  institutions  doing  similar  work. 
The  Medical  School  was  opened  in  1765  by  Dr.  John 
Morgan,  afterward  Physician-in-Chief  in  the  Revolutionary 
Army,  while  the  founder  of  the  Law  School  in  1791  was  that 
unique  character  James  Wilson,  who,  it  will  be  remembered, 

*A  statement  prepared  by  a  committee  and  read  to  the  Trustees  of  the  University  on 
November  3,  1922. 


was  not  only  the  guiding  mind  in  the  framing  of  the  Federal 
Constitution,  but  later,  a  distinguished  Justice  of  the 
Supreme  Court  of  the  United  States.  He,  had  been  a 
teacher  in  the  University  and  was  an  alumnus  by  examina¬ 
tion  as  well  as  honoris  causa.  The  fame  of  these  Schools 
has  gone  to  all  parts  of  the  world.  To  these  Departments 
have  since  been  added  the  Dental  School,  the  Veterinary 
School,  the  Graduate  School,  the  Wharton  School  of  Finance 
and  Commerce,  the  Towne  Scientific  School  (including 
mechanical,  civil,  electrical  and  chemical  engineering,  along 
with  pure  chemistry),  the  School  of  Education,  the  School 
of  Fine  Arts,  the  School  of  Hygiene  and  Public  Health,  the 
Evening  School,  the  Graduate  School  of  Medicine,  the 
University  Museum,  the  Phipps  Institute,  the  Flower 
Astronomical  Observatory,  the  University  Hospital,  the 
Medico-Chirurgical  Hospital,  the  Polyclinic  Hospital  and 
others. 

During  the  administration  of  Thomas  Mifflin  (of  the 
Class  of  1760),  first  Governor  of  the  Commonwealth,  the 
Legislature  of  the  State,  in  approval  of  the  admirable 
suggestions  of  the  two  Boards  of  Trustees,  in  regard  to  the 
union  of  the  Old  College,  Academy  and  Charitable  School 
(1740)  and  the  younger  “University  of  the  State  of  Pennsyl¬ 
vania”  (chartered  under  the  Act  of  November  27,  1779), 
gave  prompt  sanction  and  enactment  to  the  suggested  terms 
of  union  of  these  two  institutions  under  the  more  euphonious 
name  “The  University  of  Pennsylvania”;  and,  that  there 
might  never  arise  a  question  relative  to  the  University's 
relation  to  the  State,  declared  by  its  present  Charter-act, 
passed  on  September  30,  1791,  that  the  Governor  of  the 
State  “shall  always  be”  (and  he  has  ever  since  been) 
President  of  the  Board  of  Trustees. 

Thus,  the  Legislature  of  the  State  affirmed  and  per¬ 
petuated  the  provision  of  the  first  Constitution  of  the  Com¬ 
monwealth  (written  and  advocated  by  George  Bryan,  a 

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Trustee)  by  which  Constitutional  provision,  higher  educa¬ 
tion  and  its  claims  upon  the  State  were  made  a  part  of  the 
organic  law  of  the  Commonwealth;  for  the  mandate  of  this 
first  Constitution  read: 

“That  all  useful  learning  shall  be  encouraged  and 
promoted  in  one  or  more  universities” 

pursuant  to  which  mandate  “The  University  of  the  State  of 
Pennsylvania”  was  chartered  by  Act  of  1779,  as  before 
noted,  and  later  united  with  the  College  under  the  present 
Charter  of  1791,  and  name  of  “The  University  of  Pennsyl¬ 
vania”,  as  also  just  mentioned.  And,  still  bearing  in 
mind  the  University’s  relation  to  the  State,  it  is  worthy 
of  note  that  Section  5  of  the  Charter-act  of  1791  further 
provides: 

“That  the  Trustees  shall  annually  lay  a  statement 
of  the  funds  of  the  Institution  before  the  Legislature  of 
the  Commonwealth.” 

To  the  spirit  and  purpose  of  these  Constitutional  and 
Legislative  enactments,  the  University  has  ever  remained 
true  and  steadfast,  not  only  to  the  Commonwealth  but  to 
the  world;  and  under  the  State’s  honored  name,  “The 
University  of  Pennsylvania”,  the  best  endeavors  of  its 
Trustees,  devoted  teachers  and  graduates  have  been  given. 

In  a  report  to  the  Senate  of  Pennsylvania,  in  1822 
(one  hundred  years  ago),  by  a  Committee  on  Education, 
there  occur,  under  the  heading  UNI  VERS I  TIES ,  these 
words : 

“The  Committee  find  but  one  Seminary  of  learning 
of  this  grade,  in  actual  operation,  within  the  Common¬ 
wealth.  That  is  ‘The  University  of  Pennsylvania’.” 

The  University’s  place  in  the  State’s  growth  and  devel¬ 
opment  is  beautifully  portrayed  in  the  famous  painting  by 
Edwin  Abbey,  directly  behind  the  Speaker’s  desk  in  the 

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chamber  of  the  House  of  Representatives  in  the  Capitol 
Building.  There  may  be  seen  the  figures  of  Provost  William 
Smith,  Chief  Justice  William  Allen,  the  sainted  Bishop 
William  White,  Governor  Thomas  McKean,  and  near  these, 
Anthony  Wayne,  and  other  University  leaders  and  graduates. 

It  is  quite  natural,  because  of  its  early  foundation,  that 
the  University  should  have  assisted  her  younger  collegiate 
sisters  by  gifts  of  graduates  as  charter  trustees,  professors 
and  presidents  of  many  of  them.  And  today,  right  glad  are 
they  to  work  quietly  and  harmoniously  with  the  University 
in  the  common  cause  of  education  in  its  many  forms  through¬ 
out  the  State.  The  University’s  position  among  its  sisters 
is  unique. 

It  will  be  recalled  that  of  the  56  signers  of  the  Declara¬ 
tion  of  Independence  10  held  allegiance  to  the  University, 
as  did  7  of  the  28  signers  of  the  Constitution  of  the  United 
States,  while  in  the  halls  of  the  Continental  Congress  were 
24  graduates,  and  on  the  field,  such  men  as  Anthony  Wayne 
(4753),  John  Cadwalader  (1760),  devoted  friend  of  Washing¬ 
ton,  who  gallantly  fought  Conway,  the  leader  of  the  Cabal 
against  the  great  Chieftain,  and  who  today  is  so  admirably 
represented  in  the  Board  of  Trustees  by  a  lineal  descendant 
and  namesake,  the  Hon.  John  Cadwalader  (1862),  Peter 
Muhlenberg  (1763),  Jacob  Brown  (1790)  and  others  of  high 
rank,  including  Washington  (honorary  LL.D.)  whose  birth¬ 
day  the  University  has  observed  as  University  Day  for  a 
century.  Wayne  and  Brown  were,  at  different  periods,  the 
Commanders-in-Chief  of  the  American  Army,  as  was  George 
B.  McClellan  (1844)  of  the  Army  of  the  Potomac  during  the 
Civil  War.  This  list,  it  may  be  noted,  evidences  the  im¬ 
portant  role  the  sons  of  the  University  have  played  in  the 
life  of  the  nation. 

And  to  these  heroes  might  properly  be  added  the  names 
of  many  more;  for,  on  the  seas,  Stephen  Decatur  (1796), 

Jacob  Jones  (1790)  and  James  Biddle  (1799),  renowned  in 

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our  Country’s  history,  carried  the  banner  of  the  University 
in  their  day. 

Truly,  the  sun  never  sets  on  the  sons  of  the  University. 
They  have  penetrated  all  portions  of  the  globe.  In  the  far 
North — in  the  Arctic  regions — are  two  Capes,  Cape  Leidy 
and  Cape  John  Frazer,  recalling  honored  professors.  They 
were  so  designated  by  the  indomitable  Arctic  explorer, 
Elisha  Kent  Kane,  of  the  Class  of  1842.  In  Antarctic 
regions  also  the  University’s  sons  journeyed  in  the  interests 
of  science  and  humanity.  Their  steps  have  been  honorably 
marked. 

The  University  holds  high  the  name  of  its  immortal 
founder — Franklin,  diplomat  and  philosopher.  In  this 
particular  the  University  differs  from  most  of  its  sisters, 
but  resembles  the  University  of  Virginia  founded  by  Jeffer¬ 
son.  These  two  great  Commoners,  Franklin  and  Jefferson, 
stood  alone  among  the  very  distinguished  men  of  the 
United  States,  who  actively  participated  in  the  cause  of 
higher  education  in  the  States  they  so  ably  represented  in 
the  halls  of  Congress  and  elsewhere  in  the  formative  period 
of  our  Government. 

To  medicine  and  law,  the  University,  as  observed, 
added  numerous  departments  of  learning,  theology  alone 
excepted.  At  one  time  Agriculture  was  included  in  its 
curriculum,  but  in  1862,  with  the  advent  of  the  Land  Grant 
Bill,  Mr.  Meredith,  then  Attorney  General  of  the  State, 
acting  under  the  instruction  of  the  Federal  Government, 
offered  to  the  Trustees  the  opportunity  of  accepting  the 
benefits  of  the  Bill  for  the  University.  Mr.  Meredith, 
formerly  Secretary  of  the  Treasury  of  the  United  States, 
was  an  honored  alumnus  (1812),  having  served  further 
upon  the  Board  from  1842  to  1859.  For  months  the  propo¬ 
sition  was  sympathetically  and  earnestly  discussed  by  the 
Trustees,  but,  finally,  it  was  agreed  that  Mr.  Meredith 
should  convey  to  the  Government  the  thanks  and  regrets 

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of  the  Board,  with  the  recommendation  that  the  recipient 
of  the  fund  should  be  Allegheny  College  in  Crawford  County. 
However,  Allegheny  College  was  not  made  the  beneficiary; 
consequently  for  some  time  the  Morrill  Bill  found  no  home 
in  Pennsylvania,  until  its  transferral  to  the  Pennsylvania 
Agricultural  College,  now  Pennsylvania  State  College, 
where  it  has  been  judiciously  applied  with  most  excellent 
success.  The  location  of  the  University  of  Pennsylvania, 
in  Philadelphia,  so  ordained  by  its  statutes,  forbade  or  made 
it  impossible  for  it  to  engage  in  the  promotion  of  agriculture, 
but  in  medicine,  in  law,  in  science,  in  education,  in  finance 
and  commerce,  in  art,  in  literature,  in  veterinary  medicine, 
in  dentistry,  all  of  which  find  abundant  aids  for  growth  and 
expansion,  the  University  has  gone  steadily  forward,  not 
only  to  its  credit  and  honor,  but  to  that  also  of  the  State  and 
Nation.  A  great  city  has  promoted  this  progress,  and  in 
turn  the  University  has  served  City  and  State,  in  season  and 
out  of  season.  The  world  at  large  has  felt  and  recognized 
the  University’s  influence.  Quite  recently  the  United  Rail¬ 
way  System  of  Canada  has  been  placed  in  the  directing 
control  of  an  alumnus  (Sir  Henry  W.  Thornton,  1894), 
who  made  England  his  debtor  by  the  admirable  and  efficient 
manner  in  which  he  administered  its  Great  Eastern  Railway 
System;  but  years  ago,  J.  I.  Bidermann,  of  the  Class  of 
1835,  like  manner,  presided  over  the  entire  Government 
Railway  System  of  France.  His  career  was,  indeed,  remark¬ 
able.  Then  one  recalls  that  just  after  the  Revolution, 
Rodney  (1789)  was  United  States  Senator  from  Delaware 
and  Attorney  General  of  the  United  States;  Izard  (1792), 
Brigadier  General  of  the  United  States  Army  and  Governor 
of  Arkansas;  Dickerson  (1808),  United  States  Senator  and 
Governor  of  New  Jersey;  Gordon  (1808),  Chief  Justice  of 
Pennsylvania;  Carroll  (1811),  Governor  of  Maryland; 
Read  (1812),  Chief  Justice  of  the  Supreme  Court  of  Penn¬ 
sylvania;  Mason  (1818),  United  States  Senator  from  Vir- 

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ginia;  Gilpin  (1833),  Governor  of  Colorado;  Walker  (1819), 
United  States  Senator  from  Mississippi,  and  Governor  of 
Kansas;  Bibb  (1801),  Governor  of  Alabama. 

If  one  were  to  ask  for  more  recent  examples  of  men  of 
eminence  whose  training  was  received  in  the  University 
and  whose  acts  have  had  wide-reaching  value,  they  may  be 
discovered  among  the  occupants  of  the  Bench  and  at  the 
Bar  of  our  several  Courts;  in  the  Gubernatorial  chair 
through  many  years;  in  the  high  office  of  Attorney-General; 
in  the  great  financial  centers;  in  the  Legislature  of  the  State 
and  in  the  Halls  of  Congress;  and  in  places  where  exalted 
talent  finds  freest  expression.  This  is  also  true  of  our  alumni 
in  other  States,  where  they  have  won  places  of  honor  and 
distinction  in  every  learned  profession  and  in  every  walk  of 
life,  reflecting  thereby  credit  on  the  State.  Through  them 
the  latter  has  received  untold  benefits  in  many  and  various 
ways. 

Time  and  space  preclude  the  mention  of  the  names  of 
these  eminent  leaders.  They  worthily  represented  their 
Alma  Mater,  and  glorified  the  State  in  which  their  education 
was  received. 

It  is  a  matter  which  causes  reflection,  serious  indeed, 
when  it  is  realized  that  in  the  great  Revolutionary  struggle 
hundreds  of  the  University’s  sons  were  engaged.  This 
occurred  also  in  the  War  of  1812  and  in  that  with  Mexico, 
while  in  the  Civil  War  2400  men  in  the  Federal  Army  and 
2400  in  the  Confederacy  were  sons  of  the  University  of 
Pennsylvania.  In  the  war  with  Spain  they  held  important, 
honorable  positions,  and  in  the  great  World  War  8,750  of 
them  gave  themselves  gladly  and  promptly  for  the  sake  of 
humanity.  To  their  records  as  members  of  our  Army  and 
Navy  we  may  point  with  pride.  Two  hundred  and  twenty- 
one  made  the  great  sacrifice  in  the  World  War. 

At  times  the  question  obtrudes  itself:  What  are  the 
products  of  an  institution  worthy  the  name  of  University? 

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Are  they  not,  in  addition  to  genuine  teaching,  those  things 
broadly  termed  research ?  Do  not  the  studies  of  teachers 
and  students  along  lines  extending  the  borders  of  human 
knowledge  constitute  research ?  Yes,  and  from  its  earliest 
days  this  thought  has  dominated  the  University  of  Pennsyl¬ 
vania.  In  mathematics,  in  physics,  in  literature,  in  astron¬ 
omy,  in  the  classics,  in  short,  in  the  humanities,  the  Uni¬ 
versity’s  contributions  have  been  of  the  very  highest  order, 
and  for  complete  enumeration  would  require  volumes.  In 
the  sciences  it  has  always  been  eminent.  The  earliest 
American  text  book  on  Botany  came  from  one  of  its  pro¬ 
fessors — Benjamin  Smith  Barton.  The  epoch  making 
paleontological  work  of  Leidy  and  Cope  has  made  the  world 
the  University’s  debtor.  The  photographs  of  moving 
animals  made  by  Muybridge  at  the  University  of  Pennsyl¬ 
vania  have  culminated  in  the  enthralling  “movies”  of  the 
present.  The  value  of  anthracite  coal  as  a  source  of  heat 
was  first  shown  by  James  Woodhouse,  1787  College,  1792 
Medical.  In  the  great  engineering  feats  of  modern  times 
are  evident  the  earlier  discoveries  of  Robert  Hare,  Professor 
of  Chemistry.  The  filaments  of  incandescent  electric  lights 
universally  used  are  made  possible  by  processes  discovered 
in  the  chemical  laboratory  of  the  University  of  Pennsyl¬ 
vania.  In  connection  with  the  important  problems  of 
illumination  valuable  contributions  have  been  made  by  the 
University’s  department  of  Electrical  Engineering.  Craw¬ 
ford  Long,  1839  Medical,  first  employed  the  anaesthetizing 
power  of  ether  in  the  performance  of  a  surgical  operation. 
But,  this  is  only  a  prelude  to  what  may  justly  be  expected 
from  the  new  Graduate  School  of  Medicine,  which  is  furnish¬ 
ing  a  unique  public  service  to  the  State  and  Nation,  and  is 
already  receiving  the  encomiums  of  the  Medical  Societies 
and  Medical  Press  at  home  and  abroad,  and  justly  so — for 
the  Pennsylvania  Plan  of  graduate  medical  education  is  the 

first  and  only  coherent,  comprehensive  and  realized  expres- 

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sion  of  an  ideal  which  has  been  fondly  held  in  the  minds  of 
the  leaders  of  American  medicine  throughout  the  Country’s 
history.  This  plan  provides  a  wide  standard  pathway  for 
postgraduate  medical  progress,  specialization  and  investiga¬ 
tion  in  its  Central  Organization;  and  through  its  enlightened 
plan  of  University  Extension  Postgraduate  Medical  Courses 
it  carries  continuously  the  most  advanced  medical  knowledge 
to  medical  practitioners  throughout  the  State.  The  School 
co-operates  with  the  State  Department  of  Public  Health  in 
the  treatment  and  control  of  tuberculosis;  and  also  of 
venereal  diseases.  Indeed,  the  operations  of  the  whole  plan 
accrue  to  the  personal  welfare  of  every  citizen  of  the  Com¬ 
monwealth.  In  the  recent  words  of  the  President  of  the 
Medical  Society  of  the  State  of  Pennsylvania,  “it  is  the 
greatest  thing  of  its  kind  in  the  world.” 

The  former  Medico-Chirurgieal  and  Polyclinic  Hos¬ 
pitals  are  integral  parts  of  the  Graduate  School  of  Medicine, 
and  through  these  two  Hospitals  and  the  University  Hos¬ 
pital  (established  in  1874)  needed  aid  has  been  given  gratis 
for  years  to  thousands  who  have  sought  and  found  relief 
from  suffering  and  disease. 

To  the  interpretation  of  the  story  of  Pennsylvania’s 
great  geological  formations — to  the  gifts  of  natural  gas  and 
oil,  one  must  look  for  the  names  of  H.  D.  Rogers,  Professor 
of  Geology  and  Mineralogy,  and  J.  Peter  Lesley,  1838 
College,  Professor  of  Geology  and  Mineralogy — directors 
of  the  several  state  geological  surveys,  for  it  was  they  who 
quietly  but  patiently  disclosed  and  unfolded  the  marvelous 
mineral  wealth  of  our  State.  To  Daniel  G.  Brinton,  Pro¬ 
fessor  of  American  Archaeology  and  Linguistics,  is  due  the 
interpretation  of  the  records  of  the  earliest  civilization  in 
Central  America. 

The  superficial  observer  may,  perhaps,  be  ignorant  of 
the  vast  contributions  emanating  from  the  University,  so 
that  it  is  quite  proper  to  turn  back  the  pages  of  its  history, 


to  visit  its  libraries,  its  laboratories,  its  shops  and  all  places 
where  teachers  and  students  give  themselves  to  the  problems 
of  disseminating  and  increasing  human  knowledge. 

As  one  peruses  the  pages  of  the  State’s  Legislative 
Record  one  finds  abundant  evidence  of  the  unity  of  the 
University  and  the  State,  so  that  as  the  needs  of  the  former 
have  increased,  in  consequence  of  the  efforts  to  care  for  the 
education  of  the  young  men  and  women  of  the  State,  the 
LIniversity  has  confidently  looked  to  the  State  for  that  aid 
which  its  University  richly  deserves. 

And  today,  with  its  many  Schools  and  Departments  of 
Instruction  on  a  Campus  of  115  acres,  with  seventy-two 
buildings,  serving  as  halls  of  instruction,  laboratories,  shops, 
libraries,  hospitals  and  dormitories — representing  an  invest¬ 
ment  of  the  gifts,  endowments,  and  appropriations  of  its 
devoted  alumni,  benefactors,  City  and  Commonwealth — 
we  discover  a  student  enrollment  of  14,000,  and  of  these 
10,000  this  year  are  from  homes  in  our  own  State,  while  the 
remainder  come  from  every  State  in  the  Union,  and  from 
forty-five  foreign  countries.  Indeed,  the  total  enrollment 
of  the  residents  of  the  State  of  Pennsylvania  in  the  Uni¬ 
versity  during  the  past  ten  years  has  been  approximately 
65,000  while  the  alumni  now  resident  in  the  State  number 
about  15,000.  Needless  to  say,  in  the  light  of  what  has  just 
been  said — that  vast  sums  are  required  to  be  expended 
annually  for  the  support  and  maintenance  of  this  great 
University,  with  its  ever-enlarging  student  body,  toward 
which  expenditures,  pursuant  to  the  provisions  of  its 
charter,  the  State  has  generously  contributed  in  the  past, 
and  it  is  confidently  expected  and  believed  will  continue 
to  contribute  in  increasing  amounts,  in  its  biennial  appro¬ 
priations,  in  the  future.  That  even  such  increased  appro¬ 
priations,  however,  will  be  insufficient  to  meet  the  great 
and  growing  needs  of  the  University  is  now  generally 

recognized,  and  as  a  consequence  the  Alumni  are  about  to 

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inaugurate  a  nation-wide  drive  to  raise  an  endowment 
fund  of  $ 10,000,000  in  the  hopeful  expectation  that  the 
income  from  this  fund,  together  with  the  State’s  aid,  will 
meet  the  necessary  current  expenditures  of  the  University. 

Further,  through  its  Extension  Schools,  hundreds  of 
young  men  and  women  annually  receive  a  training  which 
necessarily  proves  of  great  value  to  them;  many  members 
of  the  Faculties  of  the  University  being  engaged  in  this 
extra-mural  work. 

In  line  with  this,  County  Medical  Societies,  County 
Dental  Societies  and  Veterinary  Societies  have  never  failed 
to  receive  prompt  response  to  their  call  when  extended  to 
members  of  the  teaching  staff. 

One  of  the  most  interesting  projects  in  education  is 
that  of  Schoolmen’s  Week,  which  has  brought  to  the  Campus 
of  the  University,  through  a  number  of  years,  hundreds  of 
County  and  District  Superintendents  and  teachers  of  all 
grades,  who  have  enjoyed  contact  with  professors  in  the 
University,  which  contact  has  proved  mutually  beneficial. 

The  Summer  Schools  held  on  the  Campus  have  also 
made  their  contribution  to  the  work  in  education  throughout 
the  State.  It  is  by  the  Extension  Centers,  by  the  Extra- 
Mural  Work  of  members  of  the  Faculty,  by  Summer  Schools, 
that  the  people  of  the  State,  in  addition  to  the  thousands 
attending  courses  at  the  University  itself,  have  become  more 
familiar  with  the  aims  and  purposes  of  the  University. 

The  University  has  been  able  to  offer  numerous  lectures, 
open  to  the  public,  which  have  proved  of  value  to  all  who 
have  attended  them.  Many  of  the  lectures  have  been  put 
into  book  form  and  distributed  among  the  public  libraries 
of  the  larger  cities  and  towns  of  the  State,  and  in  this  way 
the  University’s  message  has  been  carried  into  the  homes. 
Furthermore,  through  the  lectures  in  the  University  Mu¬ 
seum,  free  to  the  general  public,  thousands,  including  school 
children,  have  been  attracted  and  have  profited  thereby. 

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The  Museum — with  its  marvelous  art  collections  and 
wonderful  libraries  which  have  been  discovered  in  buried 
cities  in  distant  lands,  confirming  in  many  instances  Biblical 
records — is  open  also  free  to  the  public,  on  every  day  of  the 
week,  including  Sunday. 

And  it  is  worthy  of  further  mention  that  the  Museum 
now  has  six  exploring  expeditions  in  various  parts  of  the 
world;  one  in  Peru;  one  in  Alaska;  one  at  Beth  Shan  in 
Palestine;  one  at  Memphis  and  Thebes  in  Egypt;  and  the 
most  gratifying  of  all,  the  University  Museum  has  been 
chosen  by  the  British  Museum  of  London — the  most  im¬ 
portant  Museum  of  the  World — to  be  its  colleague  in  an 
expedition  to  excavate  Ur  of  the  Chaldees  in  Mesopotamia, 
the  home  of  Abraham.  Of  inestimable  educational  value 
to  mankind,  therefore,  is  all  this  great  research  work  done, 
and  being  done,  by  this  Department  of  the  University.  It 
is  natural,  therefore,  that  our  State,  like  other  States,  should 
take  a  very  large  view  of  the  importance  of  such  work. 

Limitations  upon  the  length  of  this  review  prevent  more 
than  a  passing  reference  to  another  Department  of  the 
University — the  School  of  Education,  which  holds  a  high 
place  in  the  State  program  of  education,  and  is  an  impor¬ 
tant  source  of  supply  of  the  trained  teachers  so  urgently 
needed  in  the  schools  throughout  the  State. 

One  of  the  most  helpful  efforts  of  the  University  in 
quite  recent  days  is  the  Course  in  Highway  Engineering, 
inaugurated  for  the  purpose  of  enabling  engineers  throughout 
the  State  to  come  in  contact  with  advancements  in  this 
particular  division  of  their  profession.  Specialists,  including 
officials  of  State  Highway  Departments,  have  been  the 
teachers  in  these  courses.  In  doing  this,  and  in  promoting 
the  work  of  the  School  of  Education,  the  University  has 
generously  and  heartily  supported  two  of  the  most  important 
movements  called  for  by  our  State,  viz:  teacher-training 
and  good  roads. 


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The  Department  of  Architecture,  one  of  the  foremost 
Schools  of  its  kind  in  the  world,  has  made  its  contribution  in 
many  helpful  directions  in  the  City  and  State.  Its  students 
have  been  awarded  many  of  the  coveted  prizes  in  their  field 
of  endeavor,  not  only  at  home,  but  also  abroad;  and  its 
professors  and  alumni  have  reared  monuments  evidencing 
their  genius  and  skill  in  many  splendid  structures  throughout 
the  land,  dedicated  to  educational,  to  municipal  and  national 
purposes,  and  have  thus  contributed  to  the  education  of  the 
people  in  the  appreciation  of  the  beautiful. 

These  various  lines  of  University  activity  are  merely 
a  confirmation  of  the  desire  and  purpose  of  the  University 
exhibited  in  many  ways  through  a  long  series  of  years  to  be 
of  service  in  the  spirit  of  its  founder,  the  immortal  Franklin, 
not  only  to  the  city  in  which  by  its  charter  it  is  located,  but 
to  the  people  of  all  classes  throughout  the  Commonwealth, 
whose  name  it  bears.  This  co-operative  spirit  is  an  inherent 
part  of  the  University’s  educational  life,  as  plainly  set  forth 
in  its  history,  and  demonstrates  that  “The  University  of 
Pennsylvania’’  is  indeed  the  bright  particular  star  in  the 
State’s  educational  galaxy.  Brilliantly  has  it  shone  through 
the  long  years  of  its  life!  Indeed,  the  State  has  grown  up 
with  the  University.  Their  history  is  inseparable. 


Edgar  F.  Smith 
John  C.  Bell 
JOSTAH  H.  PENNIMAN 


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